Northwell Health’s pandemic experience makes the case for robust occupational health IT

Healthcare IT News May 25, 2022
Bill Siwicki

The past two years have underscored the importance of a “present, productive and healthy workforce,” and the need for a strong digital infrastructure to support employee health initiatives.

Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system, was frustrated with the limited capabilities of its existing occupational and employee health IT, and was forced to develop work-around processes to overcome technology deficits.

THE PROBLEM

In order to manage both employee health and the provision of services to other employer clients, the health system was using a combination of different vendor and homegrown technologies. There was little integration between these applications and approaches. Information was in silos, and significant manual effort was required.

“We conducted a comprehensive vendor evaluation including demos, an RFP,...

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